Martha Whelpley1

F, (1733 - 20 April 1820)
Father-Biological*Jonathan Whelpley1 b. 6 Aug 1698, d. 12 Nov 1772
Mother-Biological*Martha Pennoyer1 b. 1706, d. 1739
Last Edited=20 Feb 2026
Gravestone of Martha Clason
     Martha Whelpley was born in 1733 at Stamford, Connecticut Colony.1 She was the daughter of Jonathan Whelpley and Martha Pennoyer.1 As of 9 December 1762,her married name was Clason.2,3,4

Martha Whelpley married Stephen Clason, age 26 , son of Stephen Clason and Ruth James, on 9 December 1762 at the Stamford, Connecticut Colony.

Children:
1. Isaac Clason (1763-1828)
2. Seth Clason (1764-1811)
3. Solomon Clason (1766-1848)
4. Abigail Clason (1768-1820)
5. Stephen Clason (1770-1777)
6. Ard Clason (1772-1825)
7. Benjamin Clason (1775-1838)
8. Stephen Clason (1778-1822.)2,3,4


Martha Whelpley died on 20 April 1820 at Stamford, Connecticut.5,6,1,7,3 She was buried at Roxbury Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut. Martha's epitaph reads:

MARTHA CLASON
WIFE OF
STEPHEN CLASON,
DIED
April 20, 1820
In the 87th year
of her age.1




Full review completed: 4 September 2020.

Citations

  1. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  2. White, Lorraine Cook. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2006.
  3. Lapham, William Berry. Stephen Clason of Stamford, Connecticut, in 1654 and Some of his Descendants. Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal, 1898.
  4. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016.
  5. Connecticut Department of Health. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  6. Hale, Charles R. Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2012.
  7. Gravestone Inscription.